News

"That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 

Is there anything of which may be said, 'See this is new'? It has already been in ancient times before us." 

Ecclesiastes 1:9,10

Isn't it interesting that we call current event reporting...News? 

When, actually there is nothing new about what's being said. 

Is the 'News' reporting bad news or good news? Is it reporting facts or opinion? Is it reporting patterns & trends which simply take their course according to the common law of sowing and reaping?

This basic law which was woven into the fabric of our dwelling place...earth...is in full operation, as we speak. 

In watching the secular news, we might as well be reading the Farmer's Almanac. 

Report-"The people sowed bad seed therefore they are reaping a sad, bad, dark harvest...woe is me & woe is you! "

How can this reporting be called anything with the word NEW within it? 

So,  is there such a thing as NEWS? Is there such a thing as new good news? 

"Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel & with the house of Judah." Jeremiah 31:31 

Jesus came to deliver this good news...it was new, it was fresh, it was news from above. Remember our opening verse in Ecclesiastes? Nothing new under the sun? 

Jesus came down from heaven as a beautiful seed to be sown unto a new harvest. He was not a seed from under the sun. (John 12:24, 25)

He was a fresh new seed from another realm and He brought the true- new- good- news.

Jeremiah's prophetic word continues..."I will put My law in their minds, & write it on their hearts; and I will be their God & they shall be my people." 

This of course was speaking of Yeshua who was THE WORD and the Author & Finisher of our faith. 

When He came to the people He spoke the One & only Gospel...the true New Good News. 

He planted Himself as a perfect seed into the earth. He instructed His followers to wait for the wind, the 🔥fire & then the Living Waters began to flow and refresh with the NEW. 

THOSE WHO RECEIVED & drank FULLY of THE NEW Wine...

completed the ✍ writing of the New/Old Testament which was both ancient & NEW. Thus His law of lovingkindness was written upon their hearts. 

So how do you receive the NEW GOOD NEWS? 

In the same way!

There is nothing new under the sun! Who's reporting will you take into your soul? Bad news, the plans of evil men? The plans of Yeshua or the plans of slave traders? 

You have the gift of free will. You choose which report you will receive. You choose which will be written upon your heart. You choose which you repeat & imprint upon the hearts of those you care about. 

He, The Living Word of Yahweh, who created the heavens & the earth, is waiting to write His New News, His Good News upon your life.

 He said, "Behold I make all things NEW!"

Now that's a headline!!!

What will you 📜 declare?! What will you repeat? What will you agree with? What will you allow to be written upon your heart? 

A new age is on the way and I'm not talking about "New Age" mysticism  which is actually a mixture of old moldy stuff which is presented in a newly painted package.....

like an old lady trying to look young by wearing too much gaudy 💄make-up. I call it "fake-up."

I am talking about new, fresh breath of God which can only flow from another realm. His realm. His River of Word, which flows crystal clear & fresh & New, New, New.

"His mercies are new every morning." Lamentations 3:23

His mercies trump the old patterns of reaping & sowing. If you will come into agreement. If you will receive? If you will decree in faith.

The thing about bad news...it defiles your soul. It gums up your receiver. It shuts you down & overwhelms & hardens the soil of your heart. 

Unless you choose, you will receive that "nothing new under the sun" harvest. 

Thanks be to the Almighty loving Father, He's given you a NEW SEED. He's given you a New writing pen. ✍. He's given you a New way of 🔊speaking. 

"Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Amen.🙏"

Seekers & Perpetrators

In my recent blog dated on Nov. 7th, this same day...I spoke of the importance of good news.

Good News=Victory.

There were at least 3 different people in the crowds on the day of Pentecost. 

Seekers, mockers & perpetrators. 

The seekers of God received the Good News with joy. 

The mockers said, "they are drunk". Their hearts were like those seeds sown on the hard path, they were so hardened by bad news that they could only accuse the disciples of being drunk. 

After all, the disciples had lost their teacher, their beloved Rabbi, surely they were drunk from grief. Reasonable right? 

The third group which began to join the first 2 were those of the Sanhedrin (the Jewish ruling council who found themselves at odds with the Good News).

These, it says, had their hearts pierced by Peter's Good News. They were the ones who needed stronger medicine, so to speak. 

Peter did this, accomplished this Holy Spirit piercing, by repeating the words of the prophets. "This is that spoken of by the Prophets." 

Seekers, sincere and true seekers, need to see & hear, in their own langauge, the wonderful works of God. Simple good news.

Perpetrators will need something stronger to awaken their hearts. If you are thinking there is no present day role for prophets in this 3rd great awakening...think again.

Mockers...well now mockers, they need something like a goad to break through their self righteous arrogance. So you have the extreme witness like Stephen. 

That's what it took to awaken Saul who turned to Paul. What do you think the goads were, which Paul was kicking against? (Acts 9)

When telling the good news, we need to discern which audience we are speaking to. 🔊 Have you sought after discernment?? Have you waited in the Upper Room??

Seekers, mockers and perpetrators-all are due to hear His mercy & good news. They were all given access through the blood of the Lamb. They were all paid for.

Each will hear in a different fashion. There is no "one size fits all" Gospel. There is no "formula" way to tell the Good News. ALL good news flows spontaneously through Holy Spirit.

So the seekers hearts were opened by words of joy, the perpetrators hearts were opened by the words of the prophets but the mockers hearts were opened by a sowing instrument. 

A goad is a sharpened piece of a plowshare. 

Stephen was plowing the ground to soften it for the seed. A goad opened Paul's heart. Different witnesses are equipped differently. 

This equipping only occurs in the secret place of worship & reverential service.

ALL witnesses  MUST WAIT IN THE UPPER ROOM for the empowering of The Holy Spirit. Each witness has a different assignment. 

Remember Jesus told the disciples to follow the man with the pitcher. It was a secret place of The Most High as in Psalm 91. 

Clearly Yeshua is the Lord of the Harvest and He employs different instruments for different seasons & different crops. See Isaiah 28: 23-29.

Follow the man with the pitcher. Follow your thirst- for Living Water. Follow the Holy Spirit to the secret place.

Your call is unique, you don't need to fit into their shoes. One mistake we all make is to compare ourselves to others.  

Good News= Victory

"And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done." Acts 2:11

This is the immediate testimony from those gathered from every known nation...upon the release of Pentecost. Their response is recorded as a part of Holy scripture in Acts 2:7-12

Their words of wonder were recorded as a part of the Good News like a reporter would record first hand reactions from those witnessing the scene of an event. 

The disciples spoke only the Good News which Holy Spirit placed in their mouths. They came into agreement with the News of heaven. The crowd then reacted in wonder and anticipation. 

What would have happened if the disciples had said, " Well, Jesus did leave the tomb, we have proof...

but... the pharisees paid off the legal witnesses, the guards, so...

Oh well, we do live in perilous times! JESUS said we would."  

They would have been telling the facts but not the TRUTH of heaven. 

JESUS, YESHUA is the Good News. He is the embodiment, the manifestation of THE GOOD NEWS.

Jesus did speak to the disciples of perilous times but those were private conversations to prepare them for events only He could reveal through Holy Spirit.

Jesus told them to wait for Holy Spirit, then Holy Spirit instructed their public confessions, their testimony. Like Jesus, their public testimony was all about...

The Good News.

They spoke in 17 languages. 17 means VICTORY and this is signified and verified all through scripture. 

There are numerous examples of 17- Victory,  but I will mention just a few so you understand the emphasis the Lord desires on 

HIS GOOD NEWS. 

In Genesis 7:11 & 8:4 we see it was the 17th day when The Ark was lifted on the waters and the 17th day when The Ark rested on Ararat. 17=VICTORY.

It was the 17th day when The Red Sea parted for Israel, the same day they sang their song of victory. See Exodus 14-15. 

Our Lord was given as The Passover Lamb on the 14th day therefore He arose on the 17th day. See The Gospel accounts.

Here you have the number 17 signifying Victory. 

On Pentecost, The Holy Spirit directed and empowered the disciples to speak,

only...

The GOOD NEWS in VICTORY by speaking in exactly 17 languages. 

My message to you, as a believer, is to speak The Good News, only as The Holy Spirit directs you. 

Do not mix in the defeatist words of the enemies plans &  purpose. This is strange 🔥 fire. The fire of Pentecost was Holy Fire, sent to consume the offering of the sacrificial Lamb.

We are to speak life not cursing. 

Recently, in America, we have seen how carefully the enemy has "scripted" a narrative of control & fear. Those who participate in the lie, carefully repeat the "narrative" of a demonic plan & takeover.

Shouldn't the narrative of believers agree in unity as in the day of Pentecost when all were in the upper room in ONE ACCORD? 

When were we unctioned by Holy Spirit to make a mockery of HIS GRACE? Diluting & polluting the message with doom & gloom scenarios would never have gone over in the book of Acts.

Shouldn't our "narrative" agree with All the fruit of the Holy Spirit? Love, joy, peace, gentleness, etc 

Remember? Remember, Jesus spoke his words of warning privately not...Not as part of the Gospel. His emphasis publicly was always grace, grace, grace. Don't confuse his words to the "religious" ones with those who desire His grace & truth. 

After the Resurrection Jesus modeled the correct Testimony to the two walking on the road to Emmaus. Remember they said,

"Didn't our hearts burn within us?" 

Good News of the Gospel causes our hearts to light up! 

You may say, "well, we need to report the facts." People already know the bad news. They are steeped in it every day. You may actually be repeating the "doctrine of demons". 

How shall they hear if you are not speaking Words of life? How shall their hearts awaken and their eyes & ears be opened? Surely not by repeating more bad news.

Joseph was a type of Jesus, given in the Old Testament; He was 17 when He went into slavery, 

he lived through 17 years of separation & refinement, then as the Master of Egypt, 

He lived with the comforting company of His Father Jacob (Israel) another 17 years. 

Victory in all aspects representing the Victory of Christ over the nations, to save & restore...

& representing the first and second coming of Christ.

The prayers of the prophet Jeremiah are 17. After He places 17 sheckles of silver in his relatives hand, to invest in his land of inheritance; 

he then concludes with his 17th prayer...a prophetic prayer of VICTORY. Hope will be reborn! Jeremiah 32:9

In Romans 8:36-39 we are given a list of 17 things which

 CANNOT 

separate us from God's love. 

Agape which is the perfect love is mentioned 17 times in the Gospel of John. 

We know that perfect love casts out fear. Speaking the GOOD NEWS is the way of the Lord. It casts out fear...bad news brings fear.

If your message does not bring hope, joy & love then it is an unholy mixture. 

We have been defiled by modeling after present day media. We all need a washing of the water of the Word. This has so infiltrated the church, the body of Christ. Lord help us!

Did you know that Media was a location in Babylon?

Man's dark speech cannot bring light.

Bad news is the way of the enemy. But he mixes in a little truth to capture people's attention. So, do you think it's appropriate to mix in bad news to tell The Gospel !?

I will close with this one last example, though, there are many more available. The 17th time the word "world" (this world system) is mentioned in first John is in the context of light & hope..

"Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world" 1 John 5:4

We overcome with Good News. Why does it say "whatsoever" rather than "whosoever"? 

Because Jesus commanded the disciples (and us) to disciple the nations as well as individuals. 

Like Joseph. Like Esther. Like Daniel. Like Peter, Paul & John.

The Complete Jewish Bible says it this way, 

"Because everything thing which has God as it's Father overcomes the world"

Father of Lights! 

Do your words, your reports.. reflect His light?

Is your testimony born of The Father?

"Every good & perfect gift comes down from The Father of Lights." 

Are your words illuminated by Heaven's Good News? Is there a light from heaven filling the words? Do they cause people's hearts to burn? 

We speak The Victory into existence by repeating Heaven's News. Good News. The Gospel of our Lord who was filled with grace & truth.

JESUS, YESHUA MESSIAH  IS THE GOOD NEWS. 

"Watch out for false prophets...a good tree cannot bear bad fruit." Matthew 7:15,18

A true prophet feeds men's souls with good news!